Day: June 19, 2017

* I have been given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review *

Publisher: Hot Key Books

Pages: 448

Release Date: June 15th 2017

Summary (from Goodreads):

Martha Honeydew has been released from the terrifying Cell 7. But despite her new freedom, the corrupt judicial system is still tracking Martha’s every move. And Isaac, her only trusted friend, is now imprisoned in the very same cells she was. Isaac saved Martha’s life, it is only right she now saves his.

But with Martha still a target, her chances of saving Isaac are remote. Martha begins to question whether it is ever possible to escape government scrutiny.

Will Martha and Isaac ever reunite?

Will they ever live in a better world?

Review:

I really enjoyed Cell 7last year, so when I saw this on NetGalley I had to request it straight away. Even though Cell 7 ended on a big cliffhanger, I hadn’t really thought about it having a sequel, but I’m so glad it did.

Day 7 picks up where Cell 7 left off – Marth has been freed from death row after Isaac admitted to shooting his dad and revealed the corruption and blackmail in their justice session. But instead of a happy ending, Isaac is on death row and Martha is on the run while her friends face the consequences of helping her.

It was great to be back in the world Drewery has created. It seems exaggerated at first glance but the scary thing is how easy you could see us getting to that point. An X-Factor style voting justice system doesn’t seem that far away some days. In this book, we see the Buzz for Justice TV show where three members of the public can vote to send a petty criminal to prison (and pay for the privilege, of course). The bias is clear for the reader to see but I can imagine how the audience gets caught up in the drama of it all.

The book gets off to a bit of a slow start and I did struggle to get into it at first. Martha’s a bit lost on what to do and things felt a little aimless until she got a plan together.

In contrast, the ending is just insane. It’s so tense as day seven arrives for Isaac, Max tries to combat the public’s voting and Martha has to decide how far she’ll go to save Isaac. I didn’t know which way were things going to go and the climax surprised and frustrated me – frustrated because it looks like there’s going to be a third book and I’ll have to wait a year to read it!

This is a tense book about deception, manipulation and the power of the media and draws some scary parallels to our world today and where we could be heading. If you’ve read Cell 7 then this is a must read, if you’ve not then pick it up and hurry on to this one!

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